SANTANA-CASTRO v. TOLEDO-DAVILA

No. 08-1964.

579 F.3d 109 (2009)

Charles SANTANA-CASTRO; Félix Santana-Carmona; Aida Santana-Castro, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Pedro TOLEDO-DÁVILA, Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department; José Ramos-González, Commander of the Fajardo Region; José Lebrón-Alicea, Supervisor; Nelson Torres-González, Commander of the Special Operations Unit; Jesús Sánchez-Zavala, Police Officer; Israel Candelaria-Vélez, Police Officer; John Doe; Dionisio Molina-Padró, Police Officer, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillermo Ramos-Luiña, with whom Harry Anduze-Montaño and José A. Morales-Boscio, were on brief for appellants.

Rosa Elena Pérez-Agosto, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, Solicitor General, Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Deputy Solicitor General, and Zaira Z. Girón-Anadón, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and EBEL, Senior Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellants Charles Santana-Castro ("Santana") and his grandparents Félix Santana-Carmona and Aida Santana-Castro filed an action in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against defendant-appellees Puerto Rico Police Department ("PRPD") officers and their supervisors. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs alleged violations of their constitutional rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth...

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